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See this article brought to my attention by one of our TAMS, Joseph Michelotti, for interesting implementation information for ITIL geared toward smaller organizations.
Read further on the enterprise-focused ITIL and MOF . The writing asumes enterprise...

Check out the new Microsoft Product Licensing Advisor (MPLA), nifty new FREE tool that:
Provides Volume Licensing program comparisons and guidance.
Simplifies Microsoft product selection through a series of questions.
Produces a downloadable...

Read about how the processes and tools Microsoft IT uses to support regulatory compliance in the new IT Showcase whitepaper: Creating a Systemized Approach to Regulatory Compliance at Microsoft .
Others who downloaded Creating a Systemized Approach...

Check out the .PDF free download of the IT Pro Resource Guide from Barnab y in Canada.It includes a couple of Canada-specific links, but most of the guide will be usefull to you no matter when in the world you work.
Worth the look to make sure you...

To reduce your internal IT support costs you can use the MOM-CRM connector to hook MOM alerts up to your Helpdesk module in the Microsoft CRM 1.2 Customer Service Module. You can read the CRM 1.2 implementation guide here . If you are just implementing...

This post has a comprehensive list and lots of tips for using free Microsoft trouble-shooting support resources.
For example, this tip on using KB Advanced Search :
Pick an “Article Type” Keyword (optional) – Helps pinpoint the specific type of...

The VAR Business site today quotes Ballmer in "Microsoft Stakes Out the Middle".
"The midmarket customer is the least well-served customer across a spectrum of people involved in IT today," he says. "They are challenged in dealing with complexity and...

Eric Ligman posts about a Microsoft offer for financing for Small Business Partners, including not only hardware and software, but also IT SERVICES! If your partner doesn't know about this - point them to the Microsoft Capital Home and take advantage...

Medium Business Solution for Collaboration Services v 1.0 is available for download. Tell then MITPro blog sent you.
Quick Description
This solution provides guidance that can be used to plan, build, deploy, and operate collaboration services in...

Mary Jo Foley reports :
"According to partners, who requested anonymity, a hush-hush Microsoft team known as the Unified Communications Services group is working on the hosted SMB (small/midsize business) bundle. The offering will likely include e...

Check out the Trial Software Center . You can download Microsoft sofware you are considering for deployment, and try it out in your environment for free. For example, you can order a free (for 60 days) copy of Microsoft Small Business Financials 8.0....

Steveb's most recent exec mail pours out roadmap info and special customer love for medium business (50-250 PCs). You can grab the exec mail RSS feed here .
Steve and Bill are speaking this week at the Business Summit 2005, read their stuff here. If...

Check out this collection of articles in the "small" busines center. Many apply to Medium business IT Pros as well ;-)
Some of the stuff you can find there includes:
Squeezed by high gas prices? 4 options to consider Most small businesses are getting...

The May 11 Security Advisory warns that there is exploit code in the wild for the PNP issue addressed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039 . Bottom line, drop what you are doing and get your W2K desktops patched ASAP.
Read more on the MSRC blog...

Microsoft Security Advisory (899588) , posted yesterday, gives the details, but the bottom line is this: if you haven't patched your W2K destops with the tuesday update for MS05-039 , they may be vulnerable to PNP exploit code recently released. Read...

If you are still running one of the flavors of Windows 2000 Server, you should take a look at the recent KB on the Update Rollup 1 for SP4 .
Microsoft Watch in this article reports an upcoming update to the Update Rollup, maybe it'll be called Update...

If you are an SBS user you may not be getting all you can out of Sharepoint. Check out these new templates that can get you jumpstarted:
Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management
The Employee Absence Cover application for Windows SharePoint...

If you are not going to install SMS to automate your infrastructure management, then you will most likely be using GP. Read this paper to get some insight about how Microsoft IT uses GP inside Microsoft, including some insights into designing the infrastructure...

Blogcast Series: Infrastructure essentials
Take a look at john's blogcast series setting up the essentials for a typical well-managed infrastructure. The demo network for the casts looks a lot like a typical midsize business IT infrastructure, with...

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